On Monday 09 December 2019 22:45:26 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings PCW and all; > > I find I need a way to do a powerdown reset on the interface box of > one of my machines. And it needs to be separate from linuxcnc. That, > or some way to tickle the 7i76D to reset it before I start LinuxCNC > the second time because hal can't find spinout. > > I am finding that little power bumps, not enough to do a full > powerdown reset, are killing the 5i25 to 7i76's serial com. Short of > rigging a 3rd hand switch on the shelf to toggle the interface power, > or getting out a stepladder to access the one on the rear of the > shelf, once the 7i76 has been bumped, the seriel port is dead until a > full, several seconds dark powerdown, there seems to be no other > recovery method that works. > > Ideas anyone??? Or do I go get a switch plus socket and position it > where I can operate it from the front of the machine? > > Thanks all. > Shucks, I was hoping there was a secret handshake I could put in a rapper for linuxcnc that would tickle the right 5i25 bit(s) to do a full reset on the 7i76D just before linuxcnc was started.
So I guess I'll have to stop at Lowes on my way home from the horsepistol tomorrow, and get one of those combo switch and outlet gizmo's and a handibox. > Cheers, Gene Heskett Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
